Can historians make archival discoveries?

By Robert Lee Robert Lee is an Assistant Professor of American History and Fellow of Selwyn College at the University of Cambridge and the author of “‘A Better View of the Country’: A Missouri Settlement Map” in Sources and Interpretations published in the January 2022 issue of the William and Mary Quarterly. A decade… Read More

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The Public Figure Exception(s): Finding Fair Use in the Vastness of Early American IP

This post accompanies “Copyright and Fair Use in Early America,” episode 227 of Ben Franklin’s World. You can find supplementary materials for the episode on the OI Reader app, available through iTunes or Google Play. Whether you are Gigi Hadid or Jedidiah Morse, your copyright is often more than… Read More

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